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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jom, post: 1842065, member: 31102&quot;]All true.&nbsp; However, it turns out on Buffalo nickels the strike problem areas are NOT the same area where you first see handling/wear.&nbsp; The wear point usually is the hip of the Buffalo whereas much of the time the strike problem areas are the shoulder of the Buffalo and the Indian&#039;s braid/knot.&nbsp; Of course, certain dates have trouble everywhere but most of the time (from what I experienced) you can definitely see the first signs of rub on Mr. Buffalo&#039;s hip.&nbsp; The problem arises when the hip area has &quot;slider&quot; issues from being stored in a coin board or some such.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen (and owned) a couple of these that were graded MS62 because of this (luckily though not AU).</p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, your point is well taken as in all cases you can&#039;t tell much of this in a picture.&nbsp; In hand evaluation is really the only way to tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>jom[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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